OKONKO

[caption id="attachment_3095" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Okonko][/caption]At the market place, And the fireside, under, The Udara tree, I have seen them mock you, And worship your death. You, *Okonko, Public shamer,...

SUITORS

[caption id="attachment_3060" align="aligncenter" width="462"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Suitors][/caption]“I love you quite dearly. I started loving you quite early. While my friends read math, I studied your birth…” “I promise to make you...

ON AFRICA

[caption id="attachment_2996" align="aligncenter" width="434"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Africa][/caption]Mother Africa: Lynx deodorant, Star Wars set, Safari park, Quarter-finalist football team. Mother Africa: Boeing-avoiding Famine, flood, AIDS-infested Black pit on the face of...

MEN IN BLACK

[caption id="attachment_2971" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Men In Black][/caption]“Park! Park! Park! Wey your particulars?” They bark. Bark! Bark! Harassing us, like a Rottweiler, They spring out from the dark, Pouncing on...

THE ANTHEM

[caption id="attachment_2923" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Anthem][/caption]The anthem reverberates in our head, That we are the leaders of tomorrow. So young and naive, like morons, We waited for the day...

IMAGINE

[caption id="attachment_2890" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Imagine][/caption]I look around the slums, And wonder if we all Shall not soon become bums, As they push us to the wall? To us, happiness...
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